Archive for the 'Mama Ph.D. News' Category
Pre-Order Now!!
December 16th, 2007Mama, PhD is now available for pre-order from Amazon and other on-line book sellers. For more information, click here for a pdf of the Rutgers University Press catalog page about the book.
A Review from Robert Drago!
August 15th, 2007Our first review is in!
Robert Drago, author of Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life (Dollars & Sense, 2007), says “Through the voices of those who have weathered the storm, Mama PhD fills a crucial gap in our understanding of why gender equity has been so difficult to achieve in academe. More importantly, it provides [...]
Behind the Scenes
January 20th, 2007The Mama, Ph.D. book proposal is now off Elrena’s and my desks and making its way to the desks of several publishers. Soon we will turn our attention back to the terrific submissions we received, and be in touch with contributors about their essays.
Recent Developments
December 18th, 2006Here’s an update on what’s happening in the world of Mama, Ph.D.:
We received over seventy essay submissions, and are reading them with great interest, trying to determine which fit best in what section;
We’re fine-tuning our book proposal and planning to send it out to publishers early in the New Year;
We, Elrena and Caroline, are planning [...]
In Media Res
November 6th, 2006Sonya Huber submitted this piece for Mama, Ph.D., and I poached it for Literary Mama. Here’s just a taste:
I lose myself in my work, then I worry that I’ve been cheating: have I somehow made myself un-pregnant, broken the shallow membrane between my hopes and the multiple worlds in my head? If I stop thinking [...]
How Did You Hear?
November 2nd, 2006Now that you’ve sent your essays off your desks and onto ours (and we’re reading them with equal measures of interest and awe at your achievements), tell us: how did you hear about this book? We know that some of you read the call for submissions on the Feminist Sociologist’s list, others saw it on [...]
Maternity Leave
October 4th, 2006We’re delighted to announce that Mama, Ph.D. co-editor Elrena Evans is on maternity leave right now to enjoy the arrival of her baby boy. Caroline Grant will continue to respond to queries, but no official word on submissions will be available until Elrena is back at work.
Do Babies Matter?
September 15th, 2006Of course they do.
Your humble editors have three between us (a fourth due in a couple of weeks) and those children have made a significant impact on our academic careers. Elrena has already written a bit about this in her essay for Literary Mama, “Birthing: A Process in Vignettes (you can also find her piece [...]
It’s Not Too Late!!
September 5th, 2006We’re still accepting queries until September 30th; final essays until October 31st. So let us hear from you!
A Note on Submissions
August 29th, 2006Dear Wonderful Contributors,
We are thrilled with the response we are getting to our call for submissions. We are amazed and truly humbled by your stories, and look forward to gathering them all together in our book.
Like many of you, however, we have small children who are very curious about the work we do. They are [...]
